LILA Dividend Type Payments
Although LILA has no upcoming (meaning, Board-approved and announced) dividends, you can sell covered calls on Liberty Latin America Ltd. - Class A to create 12 extra dividend type payments per year to boost its yield. Let's look at some recent prices (last updated Mon 12:35 PM ET):
| Liberty Latin America Ltd. - Class A (LILA) |
|---|
| Bid |
Ask |
Last |
Change |
Volume |
P/E |
Market Cap |
| 6.98 |
6.99 |
6.99 |
+0.06 |
264K |
- |
1.4B |
LILA Dividend-Like Income Using Covered Calls
With LILA at 6.99, here's a table showing how big the annual "dividend" (i.e. total annual call premium received) would need to be to attain 3%, 5%, and 10% annual yields. Also shown is the equivalent number of cents/day necessary to achieve each yield:
| Annual Yield |
Annual Premium |
Cents/Day |
| 3% |
0.21 |
0.1 |
| 5% |
0.35 |
0.1 |
| 10% |
0.70 |
0.2 |
So now we need to find out of the money covered calls that pay at least the prescribed cents/day amount of time premium. That will generate income and, because they are out of the money, leave room for some upside potential on the stock. Here are some examples:
| 3% Yield On LILA Using Covered Calls |
|---|
| Expiration |
Strike |
Call Bid |
Days |
Cents/Day |
Upside Potential |
| Apr 17 |
7.50 |
0.05 |
53 |
0.1 |
0.51 (7.3%) |
| Oct 17 |
7.50 |
0.60 |
236 |
0.3 |
0.51 (7.3%) |
| 5% Yield On LILA Using Covered Calls |
|---|
| Expiration |
Strike |
Call Bid |
Days |
Cents/Day |
Upside Potential |
| Oct 17 |
7.50 |
0.60 |
236 |
0.3 |
0.51 (7.3%) |
| Jul 18 |
7.50 |
0.40 |
145 |
0.3 |
0.51 (7.3%) |
| 10% Yield On LILA Using Covered Calls |
|---|
| Expiration |
Strike |
Call Bid |
Days |
Cents/Day |
Upside Potential |
| Oct 17 |
7.50 |
0.60 |
236 |
0.3 |
0.51 (7.3%) |
| Jul 18 |
7.50 |
0.40 |
145 |
0.3 |
0.51 (7.3%) |
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